Occupational exposure limits approaches and criteria : Proceedings from a NIVA course held in Uppsala, Sweden, 24-28 September 2001

Abstract

This volume presents selected lectures given at the course Occupational exposure limits approaches and criteria, third international course . The main objectives were to: describe and differentiate between the various approaches and criteria used to set an occupational exposure limit (OEL) identify the problems of comparing OELs from different countries, and analyse an OEL based on background information. The course was arranged by the Nordic Expert Group for Criteria Documentation of Health Risks from Chemicals (NEG) and the Nordic Institute for Advanced Training in Occupational Health (NIVA). The presentations herein cover: basic concepts in toxicological risk assessment, information retrieval, criteria documents as basis for OELs, OEL setting by the European Union, the Netherlands, Sweden and the American Conference on Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH), scientific, socioeconomic, technological and ethical aspects, exposure to particles and lung disease, and mixed exposures. Several other topics were also addressed at the course. Contents Gunnar Johanson: Basic concepts in toxicological risk assessment Per Lundberg: Criteria documents as a basis for OELs Inga Jakobson: Information retrieval Victor J Feron: Setting occupational exposure limits in the European Union Victor J Feron: Setting occupational exposure limits in the Netherlands Bertil Remaeus: Occupational exposure limits in Sweden socioeconomic and technological aspects Michael S Morgan: Management of TLV and BEI by ACGIH Tor Norseth: Occupational exposure limits an ethical dilemma Anders Boman: Dermal exposure Gunnar Johanson: Dermal absorption and principles for skin notation Vidar Skaug: Exposure to particles and lung disease Victor J Feron: Occupational exposure limits and mixed exposures

Denna volym innehåller ett urval av de föredrag som hölls vid kursen Occupational exposure limits approaches and criteria, third international Course . Målsättningen med kursen var att beskriva och differentiera mellan olika tillvägagångssätt att sätta hygieniska gränsvärden (HGV) för arbetsmiljön, identifiera svårigheter med att jämföra HGV från olika länder samt att analysera ett HGV baserat på bakgrundsinformation. Kursen anordnades av Nordiska expertgruppen för kriteriedokument om kemiska hälsorisker (NEG) och Nordiska institutet för vidareutbildning i arbetsmiljö (NIVA). Föreliggande presentationer täcker bland annat: grunderna i toxikologisk riskbedömning, informationssökning, kriteriedokument som underlag för HGV, gränsvärdessättning inom europeiska unionen, Nederländerna, Sverige och American Conference on Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH), vetenskapliga, socioekonomiska, tekniska och etiska aspekter, exponering för partiklar och lungsjukdom, samt blandexponering. Många andra ämnen behandlades också under kursen. Innehåll Gunnar Johanson: Basic concepts in toxicological risk assessment Per Lundberg: Criteria documents as a basis for OELs Inga Jakobson: Information retrieval Victor J Feron: Setting occupational exposure limits in the European Union Victor J Feron: Setting occupational exposure limits in the Netherlands Bertil Remaeus: Occupational exposure limits in Sweden socioeconomic and technological aspects Michael S Morgan: Management of TLV and BEI by ACGIH Tor Norseth: Occupational exposure limits an ethical dilemma Anders Boman: Dermal exposure Gunnar Johanson: Dermal absorption and principles for skin notation Vidar Skaug: Exposure to particles and lung disease Victor J Feron: Occupational exposure limits and mixed exposures Nyckelord: arbetsmiljö, blandexponering, hudexponering, hudmärkning, hygieniskt gränsvärde, kemiska hälsorisker, kriteriedokument, riskbedömning, toxikologi.